CFD validation of micro hovering rotor in ground effect

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 523-544

  Kalra, Tarandeep S ^a   Lakshminarayan, Vinod K ^a   Baeder, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND; LAMINAR SEPARATIONS; PERFORMANCE VALIDATION; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; VORTEX-VORTEX INTERACTION; VORTICITY CONTOUR;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW CONTROL; GROUND EFFECT; HELICOPTERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84884381733     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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